Examples of petulance in a Sentence
I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue.
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Trump is openly defying court orders.
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Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The doctor who eventually wakes him is greeted with immediate petulance.
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Olivero’s riveting performance mingles entitled teenage petulance with darker reserves of rage, all crammed behind a feline mean-girl demeanor.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
There was one flare-up of petulance with 6:53 left in the game.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025
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Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The doctor who eventually wakes him is greeted with immediate petulance.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Olivero’s riveting performance mingles entitled teenage petulance with darker reserves of rage, all crammed behind a feline mean-girl demeanor.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
There was one flare-up of petulance with 6:53 left in the game.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Petulance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petulance. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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petulance
noun
pet·u·lance
ˈpech-ə-lən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being petulant
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